252 J TAYLOR ON FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 



P, angustata, Br. — July. Alt., 50 feet. Confined to the coast, 

 on sandy soil. W. Cumberland Gulf, var. loc. 



Festuca ovina. — June, July. W., Kingnite, Cumberland Gulf. 



F. brevifolia, Br. — July. Coast to 1,500 feet. Very common 

 on any soil. Common on both sides. 



F» Richardsoni, Huds. — July. Coast to 500 feet. On granitic 

 soils. W., Middliattwack Islands, in Cumberland Gulf. 



Elymus arenarius, L. — July, Aug. E., Disco. 



E. mollis, Br. — Aug., Sept. Sea-level, on sandy soil. W., 

 ^orth side of Winter Harbour, Kingnite. 



Colpodium latifolium, Br. — July, Aug. Coast to 500 feet. In 

 marshes and in sandy soil. Common on both sides. 



Phippsia algida, Br. — June, July. Coast to 100 feet. In 

 marshes. A very common grass. Common on both sides. 



Trisetum subspicatum^ Beauv. — «Tuly, Aug. Coast to snow- 

 line ; very common, growing sometimes 2^ feet high. Common 

 on both sides. 



Dupontia Fischeri, Br. — July. Sea to 50 feet ; soil, sandy. 

 W., Cumberland Gulf, var. loc. 



Pleuropogon Sabinei, Br. — July, Aug. Coast to 200 feet. 

 Grows in pools of water, on any kind of soil. It is, perhaps, the 

 finest of Arctic grasses ; its leaves float on the surface, the culm 

 rising from 9 inches to 1 foot above the water, bearing its beauti- 

 ful purple florets. W., Cumberland Gulf, Cape Searle, Scott's 

 Bay, Cape Adair. 



Filices. 



Woodsia Ilvensis, Br. — July, Aug. Range limited. Alt., 100 

 to 500 feet, on granitic rocks. I have not found this nor any other 

 of the Ferns descend below 100 feet. W., Niatolik, Kingnite, 

 Cumberland Gulf, Cape Searle. 



W« hyperborea, Br. — July, Aug. E., Dark Head, Women's 

 Islands, Wilcox Point. W., Niatolik, Kingnite (very abundant). 

 Cape Searle, Scott's Bay, &c.* 



W, glabella, Br. — July, Aug. Range more limited than the 

 last, not abundant in some localities. E., Horse Head, Wilcox 

 Point. W., Cumberland Gulf, Cape Searle, Scott's Bay. 



Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. — July, Aug. A Fern of great 

 beauty and of rapid growth ; ascends 100 feet higher than the 

 other species. The most characteristic specimens of the var. 

 dentata were found growing among the dead roots of Salix arctica, 

 on the N. side of Winter Harbour, Kingnite, in Cumberland Gulf. 

 E., Disco, Women's Islands, Wilcox Point. W., Kickertine Is- 

 lands, Kingnite, Cumberland Gulf, Scott's Bay. 



C alpina, Desv. (?) — I have generally brought home with me 

 in a living state the roots of such plants as seemed most eligible 

 for cultivation ; and with a little care and experience in packing, 



* None of the roots brought home have developed into W. hyperborea. 

 They have all turned out to be either W. Ilvensis or W. glabella, though the 

 fronds brought home corresponded with W. hyperhorea. 



